Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) caused by Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba, rapidly destroys brain tissue.

Learn more about Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba found in local swimming holes.

Kerala due to brain-eating amoeba. This causes serious infection of the central nervous system that's almost always fatal.

On the eve of Onam, the most joyous festival in India's Kerala state, 45-year-old Sobhana lay shivering in the back of an ambulance, drifting into unconsciousness as her family rushed her to a medical ...

The “brain-eating amoeba” is known to manifest as very high fever and rapid deterioration of vitals. It is found in warm ...

Vibrio vulnificus bacteria, found in warm coastal waters, have caused deaths in North Carolina and Florida. Naegleria fowleri, known as the "brain-eating amoeba," lives in freshwater and can cause ...

Jace Tunnell holds up his hand with a Band-Aid, showing that he would not go in the water with an open wound to avoid an infection from Vibrio vulnificus, aka the “flesh-eating bacteria.” Could we get ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba two weeks after a holiday weekend on a popular South Carolina lake. The brain-eating amoeba enters the body when water is forced ...

A rare "flesh-eating bacteria" that lives in warm saltwater has led to at least four deaths this year, but some simple safety precautions can keep you safe while on vacation. The bacteria, Vibrio ...

Kerala is facing a rise in brain-eating amoeba infections, but increased detection efforts, including CSF analysis, explain ...

Addressing the annual Dussehra rally in Mumbai, Thackeray hit out at Centre over Sonam Wangchuk's arrest and remarked that there is no link between the BJP and good governance.